West coast hours on east coast

I got absolutely whacked by work and calls last week and I’m mad at myself for not making the time to write. I started this blog to write daily to improve my writing, keep track of my thoughts and provide a therapeutic outlet. I failed last week, but hoping to learn from it.

I’m almost an entire month in my time in New York. It’s been a jam packed trip and I felt like today was the first Sunday where I wasn’t absolutely floored and exhausted. It feels good.

My experiment of working west coast hours on the east coast has been a mixed bag. Admittedly it has been a lot more difficult than I was anticipating and I don’t believe I have been as productive.

On the positive side, I have been working out on a more regular basis. I have steadily been going to the gym and workout classes 4-5 days a week and it feels great. I feel the healthiest I’ve been in awhile.

Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get in a great routine of sleep. The thought of waking up with no alarm clock has been difficult as I’ve either needed to sleep in late resulting in me scrambling to get going in the mornings. That’s been the most unfortunate part that I was hoping would be better. I’m hoping to get on a more regular schedule, but I haven’t been able to.

From a work standpoint, it’s been difficult with meetings/calls and a typical east coast schedule. My lunch and dinner hours vary greatly which affects my mood quite a bit. The worst part has been working late until 10pm or later to make up for lost time. Both Sophia and I are struggling a bit with this part.

I’m going to continue the experiment for a couple more weeks and see if it improves with a better schedule. If it doesn’t, I’m just going to shift to working an east coast schedule to start to normalize my schedule.